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☆ Health Startups Offer Diabetes Drugs Like Ozempic for Weight Loss With Little Oversight
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-15 | by ( Rolfe Winkler | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

In an Instagram ad for online weight-loss service NextMed, a young woman holds the skin on her stomach and complains about her “little tummy pouch.” In an ad for a similar service—launched by Instacart’s former chief executive—a model wears a yellow bikini and weighs 102 pounds, according to a modeling-agency profile. Digital health startups are racing to cash in on booming demand for diabetes drugs that are effective for weight loss, but some of the companies are advertising and prescribing the drugs to people who aren’t overweight.

☆ Raquel Welch, Whose Role in ‘One Million Years B.C.’ Made Her an International Bombshell, Dies at 82
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-15 | by ( Suryatapa Bhattacharya | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Actress Raquel Welch , who shot to international fame in the 1960s after her turn as a bikini-clad cavewoman in the 1966 film “One Million Years B.C.,” has died. She was 82 years old. Ms. Welch died Wednesday morning after a brief illness, her publicist Steve Sauer ’s office and her agent Stephen LaManna said.

☆ Raquel Welch, Actress and International Bombshell, Dies at 82
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-15 | by ( Suryatapa Bhattacharya | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

☆ Hollywood actress Raquel Welch dead at age 82
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-15 | by ( Steve Gorman | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

LOS ANGELES, Feb 15 (Reuters) - Actress Raquel Welch, who helped redefine the traditional image of the Hollywood sex symbol with her portrayals of strong women in dozens of movies in the 1960s and '70s, died on Wednesday at age 82. Her death following a brief illness was confirmed in a statement released by Jane McKnight, her Los Angeles-based manager. She won a Golden Globe Award for best actress in a musical or comedy for her performance in the 1973 swashbuckling romp "The Three Musketeers." [1/3] Actress Raquel Welch poses at the 2014 Carousel of Hope Ball at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California October 11, 2014. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Photo 1 2 3Her portrayal of strong, willful women was credited with reshaping stereotypes.

☆ Raquel Welch, actor and international sex symbol, dies at 82
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-15 | by ( Marlene Lenthang | Diana Dasrath | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Actor Raquel Welch, whose role in the 1966 film "One Million Years B.C." Welch died Wednesday morning following a brief illness, Media Four said in a statement. Welch won a Golden Globe in 1975 for best actress in a musical/comedy for her role in "The Three Musketeers." She was nominated in 1988 for best actress in a limited series for her role in "Right to Die." Over the course of a career that spanned more than 50 years, Welch had more than 30 film and 50 television credits.

☆ Jeffrey Epstein's estate says it's not responsible for Leon Black allegedly raping a woman at Epstein's apartment
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-02 | by ( Ashley Collman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Lawyers representing Jeffrey Epstein's estate want out of a sex assault lawsuit against Leon Black. Cheri Pierson claims Epstein set up a massage for Black, where Black raped her in 2002. Epstein's lawyers say there isn't enough evidence that Epstein was negligent. "Plaintiff does not even clearly allege that Epstein was at the townhouse when the alleged rape occurred," lawyers for Epstein's estate wrote. Pierson claims that Epstein knew Black had "sexual deviant needs," but the Epstein lawyers said that's too "vague" an assertion, and "does not establish that Epstein knew or should have known that Black was a rapist who would rape" her.

WASHINGTON, Jan 10 (Reuters) - More than 100 arms-control, environmental and other activist groups have urged the Biden administration to formally apologize to the Marshall Islands for the impact of massive nuclear testing there in the 1940s and '50s and to provide fair compensation. The activists, led by the by the Arms Control Association and including Greenpeace, Physicians for Social Responsibility and the Marshallese Education Initiative, made the call in a Dec. 5 letter to President Joe Biden. It urged Washington to deliver on promises of nuclear justice in ongoing negotiations with the Marshall Islands on renewing a Compact of Free Association (COFA) that has been the basis of relations with the Pacific territory since the 1980s. COFA provisions will expire in 2023 for the Marshall Islands and another Pacific territory, the Federated States of Micronesia, and with Palau in 2024. They said that as well as issuing a formal apology and meeting compensation claims, Washington should support long-term environmental remediation, expand access to healthcare, especially for illnesses associated with radiation exposure, and declassify documents related on nuclear testing.

☆ 'The Serpent' serial killer Charles Sobhraj returns to France - media
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Nepal's Supreme Court ordered the release of Sobhraj, known as the "bikini killer" in Thailand, and 'The Serpent" for his evasion of police, earlier this week on health grounds. A lawyer for Sobhraj in France did not immediately respond to a request for comment. I have to sue a lot of people," AFP quoted Sobhraj as saying. Associates have previously described Sobhraj, 78, as a con artist, a seducer, a robber and a murderer. In 2021, the BBC and Netflix (NFLX.O) produced a drama series based on the story of Sobhraj’s alleged killings.

☆ Serial killer Charles ‘The Serpent' Sobhraj freed from Nepal prison
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-23 | by ( ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

Charles Sobhraj, a convicted killer who police say is responsible for a string of murders in the 1970s and 1980s, was released from a Nepal prison on Friday after nearly two decades behind bars. Sobhraj was driven out of Central Jail in Kathmandu by a cavalcade of police cars a little after midday, Ishwari Prasad Pandey, a jailor at the Central Jail, told Reuters. His notoriety and exploits have been the subject of several dramatizations, including a Netflix and BBC joint production released last year. Sobhraj escaped from India’s Tihar jail in 1986 after drugging prison guards with cookies and cakes laced with sleeping pills. “Jail authorities will hand him over to the department of immigration today,” Sobhraj’s lawyer, Chintan told Reuters earlier on Friday.

☆ Charles 'The Serpent' Sobhraj freed from Nepal prison
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-23 | by ( Gopal Sharma | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

[1/2] Police officers escort Charles Sobhraj, a French national known as 'the Serpent', accused of killing over 20 young Western backpackers across Asia, to the Department of Immigration after he was released from prison, following an order of Nepal's Supreme Court, in Kathmandu, Nepal December 23, 2022. REUTERS/Chandra Bahadur AleKATHMANDU, Dec 23 (Reuters) - Charles Sobhraj, a convicted killer who police say is responsible for a string of murders in the 1970s and 1980s, was released from a Nepal prison on Friday after nearly two decades behind bars. Sobhraj was driven out of Central Jail in Kathmandu by a cavalcade of police cars a little after midday, Ishwari Prasad Pandey, a jailor at the Central Jail, told Reuters. Sobhraj escaped from India's Tihar jail in 1986 after drugging prison guards with cookies and cakes laced with sleeping pills. "Jail authorities will hand him over to the department of immigration today," Sobhraj's lawyer, Chintan told Reuters earlier on Friday.

☆ Killer known as ‘The Serpent’ set to be freed from Nepal prison
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-22 | by ( ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

Charles Sobhraj, a convicted killer who police suspect was responsible for a string of murders in the 1970s and 1980s, was due to be freed on Thursday after nearly 20 years in prison in Nepal, his lawyer said. Nepal’s Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered his release from prison, where he has served 19 years of his 20-year sentence, citing his age. Sobhraj denied killing the American woman and his lawyers said the charge against him was based on assumption. Sobhraj escaped from India’s Tihar jail in 1986 after drugging prison guards with cookies and cakes laced with sleeping pills. Last year, the BBC and Netflix jointly produced a TV series dramatizing his crimes called “The Serpent”.

☆ 'The Serpent' Charles Sobhraj due to be set to be free from Nepal prison
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-22 | by ( Gopal Sharma | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] French serial killer Charles Sobhraj leaves Kathmandu district court after his hearing in Kathmandu May 31, 2011. Sobhraj denied killing the American woman and his lawyers said the charge against him was based on assumption. Nepal's Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered his release from prison, where he has served 19 years of his 20-year sentence, citing his age. Sobhraj is expected to walk out of a high-security prison in Kathmandu after 10 a.m. (0415 GMT), his lawyer Ram Bandhu Sharma, told Reuters. He was also known as "the serpent" because of his ability to disguise himself following his escape from a prison in India in the mid-1980s.

☆ Factbox: Who is the 'bikini killer' Charles Sobhraj?
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

PARIS, Dec 21 (Reuters) - Nepal's Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered the release of Charles Sobhraj, a French national known as the "bikini killer" who police say is responsible killing over 20 young Western backpackers across Asia during the 1970s and 1980s. Here are some facts about Sobhraj:* Sobhraj, 78, was born to an Indian father and Vietnamese mother. * Sobhraj returned to France following his release in India. Sobhraj denied killing the American woman, whose body was found in a wheat field near the Nepali capital. * Nepal's Supreme Court ordered his release due to his age.

☆ Nepal court to release serial killer Charles 'the serpent' Sobhraj
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-21 | by ( Gopal Sharma | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] French serial killer Charles Sobhraj leaves Kathmandu district court after his hearing in Kathmandu May 31, 2011. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar/File PhotoKATHMANDU, Dec 21 (Reuters) - Nepal's Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered the release, due to his age, of Charles Sobhraj, a French national known as "the serpent" who police say is responsible for a string of murders in the 1970s and 1980s. Sobhraj, 78, is accused of killing over 20 young Western backpackers across Asia, usually by drugging their food or drink. Last year, the BBC and Netflix (NFLX.O) jointly produced a TV series dramatizing his crimes called "The Serpent." On Wednesday, Supreme Court judges Sapana Pradhan Malla and Til Prasad Shrestha ordered that Sobhraj be freed and deported from Nepal, after 19 years in prison.

LOS ANGELES — Superstar rapper Megan Thee Stallion said fellow hip-hop artist Tory Lanez ordered her to "dance" before he shot her feet in 2020 after a party in the Hollywood Hills. Megan Thee Stallion, 27, whose real name is Megan Jovon Ruth Pete, took the stand Tuesday, the second day of Lanez's assault trial. Megan Thee Stallion said she told police she had injured her feet on glass when they asked why she was bleeding, according to the news agency. Megan Thee Stallion later publicly accused Lanez of having shot her in an Instagram Live video in August 2020. Megan Thee Stallion said that when helicopters and police cars descended upon the scene, she downplayed her injuries out of fear of law enforcement.

☆ US military atomic cleanup crews were sent out in the wake of American nuclear testing, and many paid a heavy price, veterans say
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-10 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Over a period of more than a decade, the US military conducted dozens of nuclear tests in the Pacific. Years later, soldiers were sent to the Marshall Islands to try and clean up the fallout from the testing. Nuclear tests like Castle Bravo produced a substantial amount of nuclear fallout that negatively affected the people of the Marshall Islands, according to the Brookings Institution think tank. Impact of radiation contaminationNuclear weapons testing in the Marshall Islands had "devastating effects" on the country's environment that "remain unresolved," according to a 2019 report by the Republic of the Marshall Islands' National Nuclear Commission. However, he, like thousands of others, are excluded from the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, which only covers veterans present for atmospheric nuclear tests.

☆ I'm a bikini barista. The tips and customers are almost always great, but I keep tasers nearby just in case
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-04 | by ( Fortesa Latifi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Shay Harmon, 23, works as a bikini barista in Washington State. My sister mentioned being a bikini barista, and one of the selling points was that I could wear my festival outfits to work. I want people to know what it's like to be a bikini barista: the good, the bad, and the ugly. We make a base wage at the coffee stand and then tips on top of that. They know they're not just coming for the coffee — they're coming for the view, and they need to compensate the girls for that.

☆ Bikini baristas, shot girls, and Vegas showgirls: 5 women who make huge tips in unconventional jobs share their most bizarre and frightening experiences at work
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-23 | by ( Dorothy Cucci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Insider spoke with 5 women — a Vegas showgirl, 2 bikini baristas, a bottle girl, and a shot girl — about their jobs. Courtesy of Jenna FurioJenna Furio is a 36-year-old showgirl in Las Vegas who got started when the pandemic hit. "Everybody thinks it only takes a beautiful face and body to be a Las Vegas showgirl," she added. Read more: I'm a Las Vegas showgirl who dances on the Strip. Harmon has used the tip money she earned to buy a new car and go on trips to Las Vegas and Hawaii.

☆ I make up to $800 in tips a day as a bikini barista. Customers can be scary, but I love my job and its perks.
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-05 | by ( Dorothy Cucci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Grace Morris is a 20-year-old bikini barista in Lacey, Washington. That was something that really surprised me about the job: Customers have paid for my groceries, furniture, and even my rent. There's a false perception that being a bikini barista is a "gateway job" into dancing or sex work. Being a bikini barista has given me a kind of confidence that I've never had before. But for now, I'm a bikini barista for the foreseeable future, and I'm perfectly happy about that.

☆ Summer rolls on along French Riviera as balmy temperatures persist
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] People enjoy a warm and sunny autumn day on the beach of the Promenade des Anglais in Nice, France, France October 27, 2022. REUTERS/Eric GaillardNICE, France, Oct 27 (Reuters) - It is late October on the French Riviera, but tourists are sunbathing in bikini, the terraces are full and the seawater is warm enough for swimming. Western Europe's unusually balmy October follows a summer during which blistering temperatures parched farmlands and rivers and wildfires ran amok. Beach resorts across France have extended their season as the unusually hot weather keeps tourists coming. We often have good weather in winter here, but this is a summer season that is not ending," said Rene Colomban, head of the Nice beach operators association.

☆ Jill Biden holds the key to the nation's political future as her husband weighs re-election in 2024
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( Nicole Gaudiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +16 min

"Joe Biden wouldn't have run in '20 if Jill Biden had not wanted him to run and he won't run in '24 if Jill Biden doesn't want him to run," he told Insider. President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden watch fireworks go off on national mall from the White House on July 4, 2022, in Washington, DC. Jill Biden divorced her first husband after five years and married Joe Biden two years later. First lady Jill Biden tours a classroom at the James Rushton Early Learning Center in Birmingham, Alabama, on April 9, 2021. President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden arrive at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on May 18, 2022.

☆ After blistering summer, France and Spain bathe in unseasonably warm autumn
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

NICE, France, Oct 27 (Reuters) - France and Spain experienced unusually warm temperatures on Thursday, bringing some bathers out to beaches but also adding to mounting concerns about changing weather patterns in Europe. Western Europe's unusually balmy October follows a summer during which blistering temperatures parched farmlands and rivers and wildfires ran amok. [1/2] People enjoy a warm and sunny autumn day on the beach of the Promenade des Anglais in Nice, France, France October 27, 2022. Beach resorts across France have extended their season as the unusually hot weather keeps tourists coming. "This is a summer season that is not ending," said Rene Colomban, head of the Nice beach operators association.

☆ Cynthia Bailey and Mike Hill are divorcing
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Two years after they married on 10-10-20, CHill is no more. Cynthia Bailey, a former cast member of the “Real Housewives of Atlanta,” and her husband, sports journalist Mike Hill, announced Wednesday that they have split. The pair shared the news with a photo of themselves together, smiling, on their verified Instagram accounts. “LOVE is a beautiful thing,” they wrote. We will always cherish the many memories we’ve shared together as husband and wife,” the caption continued.

The Amazon Prime Early Access Sale has entered its second and final day and deals are still going strong. In fact, we're seeing excellent all-time low prices that beat out the best deals we found during the first Amazon Prime Day in July. For more deals, check out our main Prime Day deals liveblog, deals under $50 roundup, and up-to-the-minute Prime lightning deals coverage. Currently down to just under $100, this is the best price we've seen for it in months. Amazon Luna ControllerAmazon$39.99 from Amazon Originally $69.99 Save 43%Amazon's Wi-Fi-enabled controller is designed for the Amazon Luna cloud gaming service.

☆ How to get rid of razor burn, bumps and ingrown hair
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Zoe Malin | Zoe Malin Is The Associate Updates Editor For Select On Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +10 min

Razor burn and ingrown hairs are uncomfortable and unsightly, but thankfully, avoidable. So if you suffer from razor burn or bumps, or want to avoid them in the future, consider these expert tips from dermatologists. SKIP AHEAD: How to prevent razor burn | What are ingrown hairs and how to prevent themWhat is razor burn and how do you treat it? (Note that razor burn is different from razor bumps, or ingrown hairs, which we cover below). In fact, King said the worst marks come from picking at ingrown hairs, not the ingrown hairs themselves.

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